Telecommunications Regulation (IEE telecommunications series)

A presentation of the background, rationale, principles and operation of telecommunications regulation. It is designed to give the reader a clear understanding of how the development of a mature competitive telecommunications has been shaped in the light of regulation. It goes on to explain the way in which technology can be used to open up new areas of the market, showing the role of regulation in enabling innovation while at the same time restraining its use as an anti-competitive factor to build monopolistic market positions. The text contains individual sections on law, economics, interconnection engineering, technology and numbering.